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'Walking Away' - thoughts as kids go back to school
'Saying what God alone could perfectly show – How selfhood begins with a walking away, And love is proved in the letting go.' These lines...
Photo by Joshua Clay on Unsplash
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patriciahiggins1
- May 10
- 1 min
Hospice Hand Printing - A Blessing
I was recently asked by a friend, if I might write a blessing for those creating hand prints with hospice patients. My friend, who works...
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patriciahiggins1
- Mar 25
- 1 min
On Daffodil Day - A prayer for those starting cancer treatment
I wrote this prayer recently for a friend on the first day of her radiotherapy treatment. On Daffodil Day sharing it for anyone else on a...
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patriciahiggins1
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Kintsugi - Piecing things back together
The Japanese art of repairing broken things Seeing the cracks in things, like Cohen, but not quite As something to put light into, rather...
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patriciahiggins1
- Mar 10
- 3 min
Prayer of a bystander
It’s 39 years ago today (March 10th) since my younger brother died. 39 years since my mother’s prayer that he would at least live until...
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patriciahiggins1
- Feb 10
- 2 min
God, a miscarriage, and a Prophetess...
"There was a prophetess, too, Anna the daughter of Phanuel, of the tribe of Asher. She was well on in years. Her days of girlhood over,...
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patriciahiggins1
- Feb 8
- 5 min
The Dark Womb - God and Reproductive Loss
The Dark Womb - God and Reproductive Loss What ‘in the name of God’ can you say to someone who has had a miscarriage? Can you honestly...
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patriciahiggins1
- Jan 21
- 5 min
Listening to Claire Byrne - Declining Priest Numbers, Meat Loaf Memories and Asking Hard Questions
Today with Claire Byrne had a piece this morning, Friday 21st Jan, on the decline in numbers of priests in the Catholic Church in Ireland...
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patriciahiggins1
- Dec 14, 2021
- 3 min
Running up to Christmas
Since having kids, Christmas can sometime feel like an organisational marathon. Sort Santa lists, sort family gifts, sort a plan for...
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patriciahiggins1
- Oct 23, 2021
- 4 min
Re-Wilding Weddings... and maybe Re-Wilding Church...
I led my first wedding reception recently, outside n the wildly beautiful grounds of Killyon Manor, in County Westmeath Photo courtesy of...
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patriciahiggins1
- Oct 15, 2021
- 3 min
Taking the plunge: Moving to Inishowen
As someone seeking to offer ceremonies for life’s big moments, I recently moved from Dublin to Donegal and in terms of scenery, the new...
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patriciahiggins1
- Oct 14, 2021
- 2 min
Dogs, God and Wedding Fairs
I went to my first wedding fair as an Interfaith Minister. Fresh from the simplicity of a wedding in a re-wilded venue, I guess it was...
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patriciahiggins1
- Oct 6, 2021
- 4 min
‘Facing an empty desk… Returning to the office after a colleague has died’
Approximately 15,000 people in Ireland of working age (18-65) have died in Ireland in 18 months since lockdown began in March last year....
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patriciahiggins1
- Aug 6, 2021
- 1 min
Transfiguring Touches
(Mt 17:11-8; Mk 9:2-8, Lk 9:28-36) A gentle touch on the hand Or a reassuring arm around the shoulder That’s how I imagine Jesus might...
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patriciahiggins1
- May 14, 2021
- 4 min
The Virtual 'Empty Desk': Marking death & bereavement at work when working remotely
Over 10,000 people in Ireland of working age (18-65) die in Ireland each year. How can their deaths be appropriately marked in their...
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patriciahiggins1
- May 11, 2021
- 4 min
Space to explore what God might really think of 'Conversion Therapy'
Does our reluctance to talk about God impact on our ability as a society to let those who hold deeply conservative opinions rooted in...
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patriciahiggins1
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
Mary Magdalene's thoughts on Easter Sunday afternoon
I went to see them this morning These men who knew Jesus too He’d ask me to go to them They seemed like the obvious ones to share this...
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patriciahiggins1
- Apr 1, 2021
- 1 min
Reflections on Online Ministry
'Where 2 or 3 are gathered in my name, there I am in the midst of them' This saying is attributed to Jesus and has been the basis of...
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patriciahiggins1
- Mar 22, 2021
- 2 min
Online Memorial Services: A new option for those bereaved during Covid
A press release announcing availability of Online Memorial Services: As we mark one full year of restrictions under Covid, a new way of...
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